morning star
noun
1
the morning star
a planet, especially Venus, when visible in the east before sunrise晨星（尤指日出前可在东方见到的金星）。
2
- historical a club with a heavy spiked head, sometimes attached to the handle by a chain〈史〉晨星球（装在杆上带尖钉的重头兵器）, 狼牙棒。
- ORIGIN: translating German Morgenstern, comparing the weapon's spikes to rays of the star.